Folding seat for vehicles



(No Model.)

W. w. PRANTZ. FOLDING SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

No. 547,779. Patented Oct. 15, 1895.

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WILLIS W. FRANTZ, OF WAYNESBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,779, dated October15, 1895.

Application filed July 19, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatLWILLIs W. F RANTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waynesborough, in the county of Franklin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAuxiliary Seats forVehicles; and Ido hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to auxiliary seats for vehicles; and it consistsin the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the seat. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the seat. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of thepivot-joints of the seat. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the loops.

The auxiliary seat is provided with two frames A, which are pivotallyconnected together at or about their centers. Each frame A consists of arectangular loop or link of resilient material, such as steel, and oneloop is narrower than the other, so that the two loops may be crossedand pivoted together. A strip of flexible material 13, such as carpet,connects the upper portions of the two frames, and a second similarstrip Goonnects the lower portions of the two frames.

The side portions 0. of the loops are bent out-' wardly in oppositedirections above and below their pivots, so as to form spaces D on eachside adapted to receive and accommodate the limbs of persons sittingside by side on the same vehicle-seat.

E is an ordinary vehicle-seat adapted to accommodate two persons.

When the auxiliary seat is placed at the .front part of the center ofthe seat E, it affords accommodation for a third person withoutinconveniencing the two persons occupying the seat E or obliging them tosit farther apart.

The flexible strip B forms the seat portion of the auxiliary seat, andthe lower flexible strip 0 rests upon the cushions of the seat E,conforms to the irregularities of their sur- Serial in. 556,509. (Nomodel.)

face, and prevents them from being abraded by contact with the frames.

When not required in use, the auxiliary end of the second pin after thefirst pin has been placed in position. The resiliency of the steel loopsor links keepsboth pins in position and permits the loops to turn freelyon their pivots without rubbing against each other and prevents allnoise or rattle at their joints.

In constructing the auxiliary seat it is important to arrange theflexible strips or braces B and O at a tangent to the arcs of curvatureof the frames or side portions to which they are connected.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with a vehicle seat, of anauxiliary seat resting thereon and comprising two crossed and pivotedloops having their upper and lower side portions bent out wardly inopposite directions thereby formin g spaces for the accommodation of thelimbs of persons sitting on the vehicle seat one on each side of theauxiliary seat, and strips of flexible material coupling together thetwo upper and the two lower portions of the said loops, substantially asset forth.

2. An auxiliary seat, comprising two crossed and pivoted rectangularloops, the upper and lower side portions of the said loops being bentoutwardly in opposite directions, and strips of flexible materialcoupling together the two upper and the two lower portions of the saidloops, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the two rectangular loops of resilientmaterial, and the strips of flexible material connecting together thetwo upper and the two lower portions of the said loops; of pivot pinsprovided with hemispherical ends, engaging with holes extending part waythrough the side portions of the two upper and the two lower portions of1c, the said loops, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIS W. FRANTZ. Witnesses:

WM. 0. CHEW, Amos ZELL.

